Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote on 10/24/01 4:49:20 PM:
>Specifications aren't generally written for users or authors
>in this case. Someone who doesn't know how non-Latin writing
>systems work or who isn't familiar with common typography is
>likely to be confused by some parts of CSS Level 3, optimizing
>for them is not feasable. Developers should refer to secondary
>materials like tutorials, books, guides, whatever if they want
>to learn CSS, specifications cannot teach authors to use
>technologies described therin, at least not beyond a certain
>level of verbosity.
Could you please clarify that statement; who is supposedly able to use the
specifications to author the "tutorials, books, guides", etc.? Are you saying
that an author that also has specialized knowledge, e.g. of common typography,
would be required to translate the specification into a form suitable for
authors in general?